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METHOD OF MAKING BUTTON HOLE STRIPS.

No. 392,380. Patented Nov. 8, '1888.

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METHOD OF MAKING BUTTON HOLE STRIPS.

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EDWARD K. WARREN AND JOSEPH H. AMES, OF THREE OAKS, MICHIGAN.

M ETHOD OF MAKING BUTTON-HOLE STRlPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 392.380, dated November 6, 1888.

' Application filed June 21,1888. Serial No. 211,779. (No model.)

To all whom it mayconcern:

'Be it known that we, EDWARD K. WARREN and Josnrrr H. AMES, both of Three Oaks, in

the county of Berrien and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Manufacture of Button-Holes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention consists, mainly, in the making of a series of button-holes from one and the same piece of goods or cloth, substantially as hereinafter described,and pointed out in the claims, and whereby a strip or sheet of readymade button-holes suitable for garments of various kinds is produced, and the single piece of goods, by suitably cutting and folding it and stitching it in the lines of the folds, is made to form finished -edge button holes, and separately stitching or binding the edges of theis a similar view of the goods after the cut portions have been folded back; Figs. 3 and 4., re

verse face views of the goods, illustrating a succeeding step or stage; andFig. 5, an edge view of the piece of goods,illustrating the lastnamed stage in the making of the buttonholes. Fig. 6 is a face View of a button-hole strip as cut from the piece of goods, and Fig. 7 a similar view of the same bound on its edges. Fig. 8 is a face View of a piece of goods having the button-holes formed in it similar to Fig. 3, but showing wider plaits or folds made in the goods; and Fig. 9, an edge view of the same.

Fig. 1 shows the goods A, which may be cloth or other suitable material in the form of a web or sheet of single thickness. This piece of goods may be of any desired size-of the whole breadth, for instance, as it comes from the loom, if necessaryand in which a series of rows of'button-holes are required to be made; or it may be in the shape of a mere strip in which a single row-of button-holes, or two or more rows, are required, the size of the piece of goods or the number of buttonholes in it, or the arrangement of the buttonholes, whether lengthwise or crosswise of the piece, being immaterial so far as the invention is concerned. Supposing, however, the piece of goods A to be as represented in Fig. 1 and other views of the drawings, we then or first cut slits bin it (see Fig. 1) of the length of the button-holes desired and at any suitable distance apart, according to the required distance of the button-holes from one another,

but preferably arrange these slits b in rows,

so that the piece of goods can afterward be divided up into button-hole strips. Across the opposite ends of these slits b are made shorter slits, c, at right angles to the slits b. This provides for the cut portions on each side of the slitsb being folded back or over to form lips (I, as shown in Fig. 2. These lips d, however, might, if desired, be omitted and the openings in the piece of goods corresponding to the button-holes be otherwise made. The next step in the manufacture is taking plaits e in the goods, as shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 5, said plaits being in the direction of the length of the button-holes, and so that when laid over they meet or nearly meet in the center'of the button-holes, leaving but a narrow space, f, if

any. These plaits are then stitched along the sides, as shown, by rows of stitching g, which, or certain of them, also pass through the lipsd when such lips are formed in the piece. Said plaits 0 may, if desired, have stiffening-cords h, of any suitable material, applied to their adjacent edges on each side of the button'holes, as shown at the left hand of Fig. 5; or such cords may be altogether omitted. The piece of goods A may then be out between certain of the button-holes transversely to their length, to form a button-hole strip, Sfor instance, as shown in Fig. 6-which may be applied to any suitable garment; or said strip, if desired, may have a binding, 2, applied or stitched onto its edges, as shown in Fig. 7, to give it a better finish, for sale and use as required, as a ready-made button-hole strip.

While the piece of goods or strip might have a separate lining to give finish or more body to it, such forms no part of this invention, and

the necessity for it may be altogether avoided, as shown in Figs. 8 and 9, by making the plaits e of such increased width that they virtually form a lining integral with the piece of goods, having the button-holes, as described, formed completely from said piece.

lfaving thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The method herein described of making button-holes, which consists in first forming in the piece or strip of goods in which the but ton-holes are to be made a series of oblong apertures in line with each other longitudinally and in one or more rows, then plaiting said piece or strip in direction of the length of said apertures, with the folds of each plait meeting, or nearly so, in the longitudinal center of said apertures, and afterward stitching down the plait on or along opposite sides of the apertures, substantially as specified.

2. In the method herein described of making button-holes, first formingin the piece or strip of goods in which the button-holes are to be made a series of oblong apertures in line with each other longitudinally and in one or more rows by making longitudinal slits or incisions and cross-slits at the opposite ends of the 1ongitudinal ones, leaving opposite side lips, then turning said lips back or over onto the main body of the goods, then plaiting the piece or strip in direction of the length of the aper tures, with the folds of each plait meeting, or nearly so, in the longitudinal center of said apertures, and afterward stitching down the plait on or along the opposite sides of the apertures and through the turned-over lips, essentially as set forth.

3. In the art of manufacturing button-hole strips, the method of forming the button-hole slit, which consists in first forming an I-shaped incision in the strip and then folding the two lips formed thereby back upon the strip in opposite directions, substantially as set forth.

4. The herein-described method of forming button-hole strips, which consists in forming series of button-hole slits or openings in Vertical and transverse alignment, then plaitiug the sheet in the direction of the length of the slits, with the folds of each plait meeting, or approximately so, in the longitudinal centers of each series of slits or Openings, then stitching down the plaits longitudinallyin or along opposite sides of said slits or openings, and then cutting the sheet into strips, substantially as set forth.

EDWARD K. \VARREN. JOSEPH H. AMES.

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